Details

Date Published

Date Built

CPU Clock Rate

CPU Temperature While Idle

22.0° C

CPU Temperature Under Load

58.0° C

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.07GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

6.01GHz

GPU Temperature While Idle

31.0° C

GPU Temperature Under Load

38.0° C

Description

This system was built for my son 6 months ago or so. We already had the main components, but when I finished my S8S he really liked the green coolant and he asked if we could do yellow in his. So, here we are. There is a GTX 760 in there now and an overclocked G3258. It runs anything he plays (World of Tanks) just fine at 1080p. I seriously considered getting a GTX 970, but didn't see the point now. So, I bought the EK block for the EVGA ACX version 970's, which fits this GTX 760. I'll pick up a GTX 970 down the road and throw it in there to replace the GTX 760. It seemed like the most logical thing to do. Anyways, a pretty simple build, that runs very quietly! I hope you all enjoy.

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So, since some of don't like my Pentium G3258 choice, I must remind you that I had this CPU already. Why should I upgrade it. It's clocked to 4.5GHz and runs WOT just fine. All he does is surf the internet, us MS Office and play WOT. I'm not sure why everybody thinks this is a "waste of money". All I have to do if throw a 4690k in there later if I want. Nothing else needs to change. But again, why would I do that if this runs everything just fine? The cost of water cooling is the cost of water cooling. :)

Man, don't let the G3258 haters get to you. I bought a G3258 to pair with my GTX 960 when I did my system build and I have nothing bad to say about it. I would honestly argue that it's probably the best dual core CPU you can currently buy. Especially for around 60 bucks. It is basically half of a 4690k. I now have a 4690k and even overclocked, it scores roughly twice as much as the G3258 which means they have basically the same cores. It's a fantastic little CPU and I would recommend it to anyone.

Looks stunning. Have you been able to get any higher on the CPU overclock? I got mine to 4.4 on the stock cooler, thought with this totally overkill loop you'd be up near 5 or have you hit the chips limit? Does Seem a little like cracking a walnut with a sledgehammer, but hey custom loops have never been about cost effective cooling, just coolness :)

After seeing this build, you have inspired me to strongly consider the S3 for my next build. The only problem is I want it in white and I don't know where to find it since it's not on their site. Amazing build BTW, absolutely beautiful.

Thanks! Give CaseLabs some time. I'm sure they will offer it again. They were so back logged that they had to stop the colored options. They will resume them, but probably not for several months. Keep checking their twitter page. I'm sure they will post news when they are going to resume manufacturing those colors.

I have been looking to get into the sleeving, but I am having a hard time finding a good source of the female ATX pins to shorten my cables.
I found a good crimper, just need to find the pins.
Do you happen to know a good source for those?

I would upgrade the CPU first because based off experience I had so much hard stutters when I played CPU intensive games or very populated games. Games like Guild Wars 2, Rust, Planetside 2, and Battlefield 4 are the games I had hard stutters.

Sorry for making another comment but, wow those temperatures are low! Is it really possible that I could get similar temperatures with similar water cooling parts and an i5 4460 plus a 970? I've really been inspired to do a full loop for my second build and think I'm up for the challenge but I would love some input from people who build systems like this. Thanks!

Yes, it is possible. You have to remember though the G3258 only has 2 cores, so half the heat already. This runs cooler than my 4790k. It's also the chip, but yes you can achieve very good temperatures water cooling. There are several factors involved though like the pump, fans, ambient temperature, size of the reservoir, etc.

bro i love that PC its just astounding its great bu the processer makes meh wanna vomit but its so sexy lmbo and tell him to add me on world of tanks im 16 so yay fun for us kids my screen name is EMINEM2541 im in a clan called 50cal.

1000 bucks to watercool a dual core Pentium and a GTX 760? °_o
This is the PC equivalent of the blonde bimbo cliche: looking sexy, lacking inner values.
Anyways (or because): +1 for the beautiful full loop.